Many of the international dishes represented in the Hotpoint Storybook Kitchen Cookbook will be familiar to modern American readers. Some were already popular, like gazpacho and sauerbraten, which are common submissions in mid-1960s church recipe collections. Dishes like tabbouleh and couscous are now standard fare at Mediterranean restaurants, and satay and nasi goreng are staples……
Ingredient: whole coriander seeds
Fried Pork Belly Curry (Sri Lanka, adapted from The Complete Curry Cookbook, 1984)
One of the more interesting (and less intimidating) recipes in The Complete Curry Cookbook is the Fried Pork Curry. Pork may seem an unusual ingredient for a curry, given that many of the predominant religions in Asia forbid it. And while it is certainly off-limits for observant Hindus and Muslims, pork is quite common……